A Reading & Northern locomotive awaits action at the Reading (Pa.) Outer Station in October 2018. The railroad’s new Santa Train schedule includes 10 days of operations from the station, as well as trains at four other sites. Scott A. Hartley PORT CLINTON, Pa. — Reading & Northern has announced new plans for Santa Train […]
A Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway train prepares to leave the former Central Railroad of New Jersey station in downtown Jim Thorpe, Pa., on Oct. 24, 2018. The Lehigh Gorge Scenic has announced it will shut down in November. Scott A. Hartley PORT CLINTON, Pa. — The Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway announced it would cease operations […]
WW&F No. 9 crosses the bridge that opened Monday. WW&F: C.S. Rhine ALNA, Me. — Wiscasset Waterville & Farmington Railway steam locomotive No. 9 crossed the Trout Creek bridge on Monday afternoon, its first trip across the current bridge, and its first trip to this location since late May 1933. More than 100 volunteers spent […]
GLEN ROCK, Pa. — An allegedly intoxicated man was run over by a Steam Into History train on Oct. 10 when he tried to jump aboard the train as it passed. His left leg was severed at the knee, and his right foot was also injured. Steam Into History personnel aboard the train were unaware […]
Denver & Rio Grande No. 168 makes its first test run in the Antonito, Colo., yard on Sept. 27, 2019. Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad ANTONITO, Colo. — One of the country’s smallest and oldest steam locomotives was doing its best to grab the spotlight this weekend, even as two of America’s largest and most […]
MASON, Ohio — The cancellation of a local GOP group’s fundraiser train ride in Ohio has prompted differing explanations from the host group and the railroad which would have operated the special trains. The Dayton Daily News is reporting that the Republican Women of Warren County’s “Trump Train” fundraiser train rides, which had been set […]
ORBISONIA, Pa. — The first East Broad Top Railroad photo event in nearly a decade will offer afternoon and evening shots of a 1918 steam locomotive on the EBT turntable and of the Pennsylvania narrow-gauge railroad’s 1927 gas-electric unit in multiple locations around the Rockhill Furnace yard. Antique vehicles and costumed crew members will be […]
GARIBALDI, Ore. — Oregon Scenic Railroad has steamed up the Craig Mt. Lumber No. 3, a landmark in a restoration project that could see the locomotive added to the tourist line’s excursions next year. The locomotive hasn’t been under steam since 2009, OCSR reports. The Garibaldi peration received it in April 2016. “We have been […]
DURANGO, Colo. – Attorneys representing the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad have filed a motion to dismiss a federal lawsuit that demands the railroad cover the costs of putting out a massive wildfire started by one of its trains last year. In July, federal prosecutors filed a lawsuit demanding the railroad pay $25 million […]
Nevada Northern 4-6–0 No. 40 will star in a Trains-sponsored photo charter before its 1,472-day inspection is due. NNRY Museum EAST ELY, Nev. — Trains magazine and the Nevada Northern Railway Museum announce the “Farewell 40!” photo charter event March 7-8, 2020, featuring one of North America’s most handsome Ten-Wheeler steam locomotives before it goes […]
Cass Climax No. 9 steams on Thursday. Cass Scenic Railroad CASS, W.VA. — A restoration project that dates back almost 50 years has come to completion at the Cass Scenic Railroad in the heart of the Back Alleghany Mountains of West Virginia. Moore-Keppel & Co. three-truck Climax No. 9 returned to steam Thursday. The locomotive […]
Grand Canyon Railway 2-8-2 No. 4960 departs Williams, Ariz., in July 2013. Michael T. Burkhart WILLIAMS, Ariz. – To commemorate the 100-year anniversary of Grand Canyon National Park, the Grand Canyon Railway, National Parks Service Rails and Trails program, and BNSF Railway are staging a heritage event featuring a rare Grand Canyon Railway steam doubleheader […]
